The Anatomy of The Tongue in Cheek - Notes and Trivia

Notes and Trivia

• The hidden track after "Less Is More" is entitled "Skittles and Combos." The band used to encourage fans to bring Skittles and Combos to shows. While they no longer encourage it, fans still do, and often throw packages to the band. In addition, small packages of each are sometimes placed on the stage by the crew prior to performances. Thiessen also later on admitted that he despised Skittles and had no idea what Combos were.
• "Skittles and Combos" isn't on the gold re-release. A different hidden track is at the end of "Less is More" called "The Ballad of Tim Eddings". Tim Eddings was originally the manager for Relient K, and also was a producer for Ace Troubleshooter, the old band of current Relient K bassist John Warne.
• The only original Relient K song that Matt Thiessen did not write (prior to the four other member-written songs on The Bird and the Bee Sides), "Those Words Are Not Enough", is on this album. Matt Hoopes wrote the song.
• Both verses of the song "Failure to Excommunicate" are sung by drummer Dave Douglas, with Matt Thiessen joining in on the first and second verses.
• The album contains re-recorded versions of songs from their 1998 demo All Work and No Play. These songs include the ThunderCats-themed "I'm Lion-O" and "For the Moments I Feel Faint", which is a slower, acoustic recording of the song "C.U.R.B.".
• The music video for this album is "Pressing On", but the original song chosen for a video was actually "Sadie Hawkins Dance". In the end, they went with "Pressing On", as they didn't have the budget to do what they wanted for "Sadie Hawkins Dance". Matt Thiessen once said this on the band's forum. One plan for the "Sadie Hawkins Dance" video actually included Gary Coleman.
• The resulting video for "Pressing On" shows the band making their way into a building amidst a crowd of fans. Upon arrival, they are greeted by a producer waiting to film a music video with them. When one member asks the director if he can have a drink, he is told that there is no budget for that — a parody derived from the above trivia item.
• The song "Sadie Hawkins Dance" once appeared in an episode of the show Smallville.
• A tentative track listing for this album originally included the song "Operation", which was eventually used as an exclusive song for The Creepy EP instead.
• The song "I'm Lion-O" has similar chords in the beginning as the song "For The Band" on the Employee of the Month EP.
• The song "Pressing On" appeared in an episode of the show Power Rangers Ninja Storm.